Display-rack for bed mattresses and springs



O. R. LINDSTAEDT.

DISPLAY RACK FOR BED MATTRESSES AND SPRINGS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.26,1920.

Patented Sept. 20, 192-1.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

DISPLAY-RACK FOR BED MATTRESSES AND SPRINGS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept, 20, 1921.

Application filed January 26, 1920. Serial No. 354,121.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Or'ro R. LINDSTAEDT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Display-Rack for Bed Mattresses and Springs, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters and figures of reference-marked thereon.

Thisinvention relatesto a rack or stand on which samples of bed mattresses and bed springs or other articles may be compactly arranged and conveniently displayed to prospective purchasers in stores or factories, the invention having reference more particularly to a rotary rack having a plurality of shelves or frames adapted to support and hold the articles to be displayed.

An object of the invention is to provide an improved rack which shall be so con structed as to be capable of holding a large number of bed mattresses orbed springs so as to be displayed one at a time, and on the minimum floor space.

Another object is to provide a strong and easily operated rotary display rack for bed mattresses which shall be so constructed as to permit examination .of the tops and bottoms of the mattresses.

A further object is to provide a display rack of large capacity for bed mattresses or various other articles of merchandise and enable a salesman or demonstrator toalone bring each article easily into View or convenient display position. r

A stillfurther ob 'ect i to provide a display rackv of large capacity which may be simply and inexpensively constructed compactly 'andjwhich shall be durable and economical in use. 7

With the above-mentioned and other objects in-view, the invention consists in a rotary rackhaving a plurality of radial arms of such construction as to constitute shelves or bed frames of open-work or skeleton-like formation to support articles without ob scuringthem, each shelf or bedframe being provided with an open-work or "skeletonlikeyclamp, which is removably and preferably adjustably connected therewith so as to hold articles of different thickness; and the invention consists also further inthe parts and combinations and arrangements of parts as hereinafter particularly described and further defined in the accompanying claims.

Referring to the drawings,-Figure 1 is an end elevation, partially broken away, of the improved display rack; Fig.2 is a fragmentary section of the rack and particularly a plan of one of the plurality of bed frames thereof; Fig. 3 is a front elevation .of the display rack; Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional detail illustrating the mounting of the clamp with which each bed frame is provided; Fig. 5 is a fragmentary elevation illustrating a suitable type of brake adapted to'stop rotation of the rack; and, Fig. 6 is suitable construction to prevent rotation of the rack for the pur ose of steadily holding an article in suita leposition to be displayed,

' Similar reference characters in the different figures of the drawings indicate correa fragmentary sectional detail of a latch of sponding elements or features oflconstrucends, the shell preferably being composed'of I wooden slats so as to-constitute a hollow cylinder, the journals 6 and 7 of which are mounted; on the standards to permit rotation of the cylinder which constitutes the core of therack. j

The rack has a suitable number of open- -work or skeleton bed frames, preferably an even number as twelve equi-distantly spaced apart, as at 10,.radially arranged on the core, in order that the rack shall be nearly balanced and easily controlled, to support and carry articles to be displayed and. examined.4 Each bed frame comprises two arms 22'and 23 rigidly secured at one end to ends of the arms, and a suitable number of widely separated slats 25, arranged beyond the plane of one-side of the frame arms, each slat having upturned hangers 28 and 29 theshell 9 at the heads 4 and 5,respectively, I

a crossbar 24 connected with the opposite extending through the rings and being aron its opposite ends respectively, one hanger of each slat being secured to the shell 9 and the other to the cross bar 24, so that a mattress or bed spring frame may rest on the slats and be retained within the'frame; and, preferably the frame is provided with a supporting beam or bar 30 secured to the under sides of the slats and having upturned hangers 31 and 32 on its ends that are secured to the arms 22 and 23 respectively, to prevent the slats from sagging. Two annular braces or truss rings 33 and 34 are provided which are arranged concentrically to the journals and secured to the bed frames, one being secured to all the arms 22 opposite to the hangers 31 andthe others secured to all the arms 23 opposite to the hangers 32. One truss ring has a suitable number of sockets 35 and 35', the other ring having sockets 36 and 36, the sockets preferably ranged at suitable distances from the bed frame arms in proximity to one side thereof. 7 A suitable number of open-work or skeleton clamps is provided, one for each bed frame, and'they preferably comprise similar main bars 37, arranged as indicated, each bar having a stud .or projection 38 on one end thereof to be inserted into either socket 36 or 36, the opposite end. of the bar being provided with a movable lock bolt 39 adapted to be inserted into either one of the sockets or 35'; and the mainbar has a suitable number of cross bars :40, 41', 42, thereon that lie approximately on a plane parallel to the plane of theslats at asuitable distance from the slats to clamp a mattress or a bed. spring thereto, the clamps being adjustable to the different sockets to suit articles of different thickness.

The stand of the rack is provided with a suitable pivot stand 43 to which a latch lever is pivoted between its ends so as to have an arm 44 which is providedwvith a holding crotch or fork 45 adapted'to engage the cross bar 24 of either oneof the bed frames when brought thereto, and'a condemonstrator-to prevent movement of the.

rack after it hasbeen adjusted as desired,

in casethe articles do not happen to be ar ranged'to balance the rotary holder. V I

..In order that the rack may be conveniently stopped after it has been rotated, a

suitable brake preferably is provided and may suitably comprise a spring arm 48, securefdto theinner side of the standard 2 and extending over to the outer face of the ring 33, being preferably provided with a filling ,block'49 having the form of a wedge and arrangedin a suitable guide 50 secured wedge 51 being arranged between the filling block and the standard and connected to a lever 52 which is pivoted between its ends to suitable pivot 53 mounted on the standar 2.

A bed mattress 54 is indicated by broken lines in one of the bed frames, and a bed spring55 is indicated bv broken lines in another one of the bed frames.

In practical use the salesman or demons strator and the purchaser may stand in proximity to the standard 2 at which position the brake lever 52 and the latch lever 46 willbe found conveniently accessible and the articles, such as a bed mattress, a bed spring, or a pile of rugs may be examined when in the frames positioned as at 13 or 14, and the skeleton clamps will permit'the articles to be turned up at the outer corners thereof to permit the under side to be examined. ,Also articles in the frames positioned as at 12 and 15 couldbe seen. The customers obviously may walk to the opposite side of the rack and more fully examine the under side of the articles which would be found inverted in a different position of the frames. When it is desired to bring other articles or a certain articlein a" frame to convenient position,the rack is suitably rotated by hand and may be stopped by application of the brake, after which the latch of articles the clamps may be removed by first withdrawing the latch bolt 39 thereof and then withdrawing the stud or projection 38 from its socket, the reverse operation being performed to clamp a newsample in a frame or carrying arm of the rack.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is I I v 1. A display rack including two standards, a shell rotatively supported by the standards, bed frames rigidly secured to the shell and provided with clamps arranged opposite to and beyond the front of the frame, two annular braces secured to all the bed frames, and means for securing the clamps to the two annular braces; I

2. In a display rack, the combination of a stand,as hell rotatable on the stand, and

a plurality of bed frames comprisingeach a pair of arms secured atoneend to the shell and a cross-bar connected to the oppositeend of the-arms, slats having each a hangerv secured to the shell and a .hangerse-I cured to said cross-bar, and a beam secured. to the under side of the slats and having hangers-secured to said arms respectively.-

3. In a display rack, the combinationwith a pair of standards, .ofa shell rotat'ably supportedby the standards, bed frames seto the standard, an oppositely arranged cured to the shell and provided with clamps arranged opposite to and beyond the front of the frame, tWo annular braces secured to all the bed frames, a movable brake device supported to cooperate With one of the standards and one of the annular braces, and a movably supported latch device having a crotch to engage either one of the bed frames When brought thereto.

4. A display rack comprising two standards, a shell rotatably mounted on the standards, a plurality of openwvork bed frames rigidly secured at one side to the shell and extendin radially therefrom, two brace rings securec to opposite ends respectively of the bed frames and having each a plurality of sockets in the inner side thereof in proximity to the frames, and a plurality of skeleton-like clamps arranged opposite to the bed frames respectively, each clamp having a stud arranged in a socket 20 OTTO LINDSTAEDT.

Witnesses:

E. T. SILVIUS, F. M. Ronnmz. 

